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APPLICATION HLED MAY 20. I921.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM R. WOOD- \VARD, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Brockton, in the county of: Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'rnats of the link type; that is, mats whichconsist of links of such materials as leather,-fibre, felt, metal andthe like, these links being connected to.- gether to form a mat ofthe'required shape and dimensions. The invention is especially concernedwith the edgeconstruction of such mats where-it is necessary to makebias cuts, curves, critouts,and the like,'as'for.instance, where the matis to fit around' a post or against an angular wall. It has beencustomary heretofore in makingnia'ts' of i this character to make a biascut,curve, cut-out, or the like by steppingthe sections along the edgewhere this special construction is required. Itis obvious that the'pintle wires in these stepped sections cannot be manipulated in thesameway that they are in the regular or straight sided sections ofthe,mat I I and it has been the practice therefore to put a burr or washer.at the end of thepintle wire of each stepped section and head this Thisconstruct-ion is obje'etionable in that it detracts fromthe workmanlikeappearance of the mat, and more par ticularly because the burrv orwasher'is liable tobe knocked off or worn off and thus release thesegments in the section held by this particular wire. It is, therefore,the

chief object of this inventionto devise a construction that willovercome these ditfi- Figure 1 is a perspective vlew of a small part ofthe leather mat showing the construction embodying the presentinvention; and v Fig. 2 is a plan view of the construction shown inFig. 1. a I 1 The body portion of the inat shown is built in the usualmanner and consists of sections 1921. seriainb. 471,267.;

" Specification of Letters Patent. Pat ted 25, "1922,

' Applicati'on filed Ma ne,

eachconsisting 'ofa series of links made of segments 2. The-segments maybee-made. of

leather, fibre orany-su'iitable material. The a drawing shows only threesections designated respectively :at 3,1 4 and 5, it being understood,however, that as "many sections as desired may be used and-thatthesesections may be ma de' ofany d'esiredlength. The adga'cent'sections'aresecured together by; pintle wires or rodsand these wiresnot only perform thefunction of securingrthe links of zone -section.-to'-ithose of the next adacent section, buta'lso that of-bind-ingzthesegments-of each section; together.. In the 1 construction shown the"sections'fia and I 4 2are secured, together by' the pintle wirei6m-Thesectionset: and 5' are similarlyconnectedlby 1 one leg 7- ofanotherwire, and the'section '5, 11s connected to its-"neXt'adjacent'sectionjby F the other'leg 8 of this wire.- At the time the.

segments ofthev sections 1 and 5jareassembledthe pintle'wire 7-8isbentinto a.

holding one end of 'the section; anda'fter the ends of the legs 7 and 8are bent toward are connected by-a' sleeve or-clip 10. It will beobserved that the small section of the mat shown has astraightleft-hand" edge and a stepped orgbias cut right-hand,

'U-forr'n,l the bridge-portion 9 of. 'thiswireff 7' edge. That is, theright hand edge of the j similarly stepped with reference-to the section4. r I

As .above stated, ithasbeen usual heretofore to use washers 'or burrs atthe ends of the pintlewiresfi'and 12, respectively, of these steppedsections 4 and 3. According ,to the present invention, however, each ofsection 4 is steppedtoward'the left with'fre: V

gard to the section 5,. andv the."section'3fis these wires is bent atright angles across the about the next adjacent wire.

of lies across the face of theendmost segment 2 in the sectiont, and theend portion of the part 113 has a hook 'or loop 1 1 formed therein whichreceives the pintle wire 7.

end of the stepped section and is hooked That is, the

' pintle wire 6is bent so that a part 13 there- The pintlewire 12 of thesection 3 has a bent portion15 and a hook 16 curved about the pintlewire 6, these parts corresponding to the parts 13 and 14 of the pintlewire 6.

At the opposite edge of the mat the ends of 5 pintle wires of thesesections preferably are -I desire to claim as new is:

the pintle wires 6 and 12 are bent toward eachother and the bent endsare connected by a clip 17 in exactly the same way that'the wires 7 and8 are secured together at this edge of the mat.

In assembling the stepped sections, the

bent, as indicated at 13 and l5,,and these parts are slipped'on to thepintle wires to which they are to beconnected at the proper point in theassembling of the segments 2. The operations at the opposite edge of themat in this construction, therefore, are exactly like those of thestraight edged or standardmats. g

It will now be appreciated by those skilled in this art that thisinvention provides a stepped edge construction for mate of this 11. Amat-of the character prising a series of link sections, pintle wiresholding said sections together, said mat in.-

cluding a sectionjstepped with reference to an adjacent section, and aconnection at the 30 end of the stepped section securing the pintledescribed, comwire of the stepped section to the pintle wire of the nextadjacentsection'; 7 2. A mat of the character described, comprising aseries oflink sections, pintle wires holding said "sections together,said matin eluding one or more sections steppedwith reference to anadjacent section, the pintle wire at the end of the stepped sectionrorsec- .tions'being unitedto the wireof the next adjacent section. 1

j 3. A mat of the character described, cornprising a series of linksections, pintle wires holding'said section's together, said rnatincluding one or more sections steppedwvitli reference to an adjacentsection, and a connection at the end of each stepped section additionalto the links of said section securing the pintle Wire of the lattersection to the pintle wire of the next adjacent section.

4. A matof the character described, coniprising a series of linksections, pintle wires holding said sections together, said matineluding a section stepped with reference to an adjacent section, thepintle-wire of the stepped section being bent at substantially rightangles across'the' end of said stepped section andhooked about the wireof the next adjacent section.

1 WILLIAM RUssELLWoonwiiRD;

